Mapes, a key member of Madigan’s inner circle who for years served as the speaker’s borderline-tyrannical gatekeeper, is about to go on trial on perjury charges.

Two men convicted in the slaying of a college basketball standout in Chicago 30 years ago are in line for a $25 million payout from the city under the terms of a settlement agreement, court records show.

The Chicago rapper admitted he participated in a scheme to use stolen identities to fund private jets, swanky hotel rooms, “designer puppies,” and the six-bedroom Jamaican estate where the song “Man Now” was filmed.

Arroyo, 69, is serving his sentence at a minimum-security facility in Pensacola, Florida. He’s due to be released in May 2026, prison records show.

An Illinois Army National Guard sergeant was arrested Wednesday on charges he and his brother broke into the U.S. Capitol through a Senate fire door on Jan. 6 and assaulted police officers.

A top narcotics distributor for the Sinaloa cartel indicted in Chicago after negotiating a heroin deal with West Side twins Pedro and Margarito Flores was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison.

Chicago rap sensation G Herbo faces years behind bars after agreeing to plead guilty in Massachusetts to federal wire fraud charges, allegations that accused him of using stolen identities to fund private jets, a Jamaican villa and “designer puppies,” and then lying about it to federal agents.

A Chicago madam who ran a West Side fetish business that hosted parties labeled “Halloween Mischief” and “Black Tie Bizarre” was sentenced Tuesday to two years of probation.

Tim Mapes’ attorneys argue recordings are unusable hearsay or irrelevant, including one about former Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa.